Monday, May 26, 2014

I've still got a few more temari I want to make before the threads get put away. This one is the Empress design from Barbara B. Suess's Japanese Temari book.

Here's the latest one. It's a minor variation of the Blue Arrows pattern from the same book.

I stitched on it while watching the Thomas Cup finals. I'm not much interested in sports, but for some reason, I'm patriotic about badminton. At the end of the final match, I almost didn't have the heart to finish this. As a Malaysian, watching Japan win was just heartbreaking.

Monday, May 19, 2014

My kids were doing a group reading activity that required a 'granny' prop. I got bit ambitious and thought I'd try and make a granny amigurumi. I started one but didn't finish on time, so we used these dolls instead.

The little lady made these with me a while back. They are the Sleepover pals from Hillary Lang's Wee Wonderfuls book. The little lady and I have very different tastes, so making things together is an interesting process. I hope she looks back fondly on these as she gets older.

I finished the amigurumi granny a few days ago. It's from the Little Red Riding Hood pattern by Irene Strange.

In the end, it's probably better that I didn't finish the doll in time. If the kids had flipped the doll over, they would have seen this sinister character!

Monday, May 5, 2014

I got the urge to make temari this weekend. This one is the Bellflower from Barbara Suess's Japanese Temari book. I didn't pay attention to the instructions, so I mine looks more like an orange slice than a flower.

I got distracted while doing google searches for temari making instructions. I found images of koma ornaments, then I found instructions, and made one of my own.

About Me

I learned to code when C was the language of choice and compiling was done on a command line. Nowadays I write with whatever language or platform I can get paid for. If it's got an IF statement, I can code for it.

My mother taught me origami when I was 2. Since then I've never stopped tying to make things out of paper, cloth, yarn and just about anything I can get my hands on. Lately I've started teaching kids (my own and other people's) how to make stuff.